2024 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season

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2024  Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Interleague champions
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League Pacific League
Ballpark Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi
Record67–72–4 (.482), 23½ GB
League place4th
Parent company Rakuten
PresidentMasayuki Morii
Manager Toshiaki Imae
Captain Hideto Asamura (fielding)
Takahiro Norimoto (pitching)
Average attendance23,132
←  2023 Eagles seasons

The 2024 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season is the 20th season of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles franchise. The Eagles play their home games at Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi in the city of Sendai as members of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League. The team is led by Toshiaki Imae in his first season as team manager.

Contents

Regular season

Standings

2024 Pacific League regular season standings [1]
PosTeam G Tooltip Games playedWL T Pct. GB Tooltip Games behindHomeRoad
1 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks †14391493.650—49–21–242–28–1
2 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters*14375608.55613½41–25–634–35–2
3 Chiba Lotte Marines*14371666.51818½37–33–134–33–5
4 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 14367724.48223½30–39–237–33–2
5 Orix Buffaloes 14363773.4502834–36–129–41–2
6 Saitama Seibu Lions 14349913.3504231–40–118–51–2
 †  League champion and advanced directly to the final stage of the Climax Series
 *  Advanced to the first stage of the Climax Series

Record vs. opponents

2024 record vs. opponents [1]
TeamBuffaloesEaglesFightersHawksLionsMarinesCL
Buffaloes—15–1012–12–16–18−112–138–16−110–8
Eagles10–15—10–13–29–1614–10–111–13–113–5
Fighters12–12–113–10–2—12–12–113–10–218–6–17–10–1
Hawks18–6−116–912–12–1—17–816–8−112–6
Lions13–1210–14–110–13–28–17—4–214–14
Marines16–8−113–11–16–18–18–16−121–4—7–9−2

Interleague

2024 regular season interleague standings [2]
PosTeam G Tooltip Games playedWL T Pct. GB Tooltip Games behindHomeRoad
1 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles †181350.722—6–37–2
2 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 181260.66717–25–4
3 Yokohama DeNA BayStars 181170.61123–68–1
4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 18972.56335–2−24–5
5 Orix Buffaloes 181080.55634–56–3
6 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 181080.55636–34–5
7 Yomiuri Giants 18891.4714½4–54–4–1
8 Chiba Lotte Marines 18792.43854–53–4−2
9 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 187101.4125½3–5–14–5
10 Hanshin Tigers 187110.38864–53–6
11 Chunichi Dragons 187110.38863–64–5
12 Saitama Seibu Lions 184140.22293–62–7
 †  Interleague champion

Chihō ballparks

The Eagles hosted five home games outside of Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi in 2024. Four were played at chihō, or "countryside", ballparks in Fukushima, Aomori, Yamagata, and Akita Prefectures in Japan's Tōhoku region and the fifth was played at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo. [3] A sixth game was scheduled to be played in Iwate Prefecture, however the game was rained out and was instead played in Rakuten Mobile Park. [4]

2024 Rakuten Eagles chihō ballparks [3]
Ballpark City Prefecture
Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium Fukushima Fukushima Prefecture
Haruka Yume Stadium Hirosaki Aomori Prefecture
Kirayaka Stadium Yamagata Yamagata Prefecture
Kitagin Ballpark † Morioka Iwate Prefecture
Komachi Stadium Akita Akita Prefecture
Tokyo Dome Bunkyō Tokyo
† Game was rained out. [5]

Opening Day starting roster

Friday, March 29, 2024, vs. Saitama Seibu Lions [6]

2024 Rakuten Eagles Opening Day starting roster [6]
Order Player Position
1 Eigoro Mogi First baseman
2 Hiroto Kobukata Second baseman
3 Yuya Ogo Right fielder
4 Hideto Asamura Third baseman
5 Hiroaki Shimauchi Left fielder
6 Maikel Franco Designated hitter
7 Ryosuke Tatsumi Center fielder
8 Hikaru Ohta Catcher
9 Itsuki Murabayashi Shortstop
— Takahisa Hayakawa Starting pitcher

Game log

2024 game log: 70–71–2 (Home: 38–33–1; Away: 32–38–1)
March/April: 11–14–1 (Home: 5–8–1; Away: 6–6–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1March 29 Lions 0–1 Imai (1–0) Hayakawa (0–1) Abreu (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 25,0690–1–0 L1
2March 30Lions2–8 Sumida (1–0) Shoji (0–1)—Rakuten Mobile Park24,5930–2–0 L2
3March 31Lions4–3 (11) S. Watanabe (1–0) Itogawa (0–1)—Rakuten Mobile Park24,5011–2–0 W1
4April 2@ Fighters 4–2 Ponce (1–0) Yamasaki (0–1) Norimoto (1) Es Con Field 30,7282–2–0 W2
5April 3@ Fighters2–4 Kitayama (1–0) Kishi (0–1) S. Tanaka (2)Es Con Field27,0422–3–0 L1
6April 5 Hawks 1–6 Ishikawa (1–0) Hayakawa (0–2)—Rakuten Mobile Park23,5062–4–0 L2
7April 6Hawks4–5 Fujii (1–0) Turley (0–1) Osuna (4)Rakuten Mobile Park23,8012–5–0 L3
8April 7Hawks3–2 Norimoto (1–0) Sawayanagi (0–1)—Rakuten Mobile Park23,4573–5–0 W1
9April 9@ Buffaloes 4–5 Tajima (1–0) Ponce (1–1) Yo. Hirano (3) Kyocera Dome 19,2563–6–0 L1
10April 10@ Buffaloes5–4 (10) Nishigaki (1–0) Yamazaki (0–1) Norimoto (2)Kyocera Dome19,6674–6–0 W1
11April 11@ Buffaloes1–2 Yo. Hirano (1–0) Nishigaki (1–1)—Kyocera Dome18,2144–7–0 L1
12April 12 Marines 5–2 Hayakawa (1–2) Ojima (1–2) Norimoto (3)Rakuten Mobile Park20,2135–7–0 W1
13April 13Marines2−2Game tied after 12 inningsRakuten Mobile Park24,0755–7–1 T1
14April 14Marines2–9 Sasaki (2–0) Fujii (0–1)—Rakuten Mobile Park25,0205–8–1 L1
15April 16Buffaloes6–2 Ponce (2–1) Tajima (1–1)—Rakuten Mobile Park19,0796–8–1 W1
16April 17Buffaloes0–5 Espinoza (3–0) Kishi (0–2)—Rakuten Mobile Park20,7356–9–1 L1
17April 18Buffaloes0–7 Sotani (1–1) Uchi (0–1)—Rakuten Mobile Park21,9746–10–1 L2
18April 19@ Lions4–5 Imai (2–0) Hayakawa (1–3) Abreu (5) Belluna Dome 17,8116–11–1 L3
19April 20@ Lions8–2 T. Sakai (1–0) S. Sato (0–1)—Belluna Dome20,1097–11–1 W1
20April 21@ Lions1–0 Fujii (1–1) K. Takahashi (0–2) Nishigaki (1)Belluna Dome25,2108–11–1 W2
21April 23Fighters3–4 (12) S. Tanaka (1–0) Nishigaki (1–2) Sugiura (1)Rakuten Mobile Park21,8928–12–1 L1
—April 24FightersPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 5Rakuten Mobile Park——— [4]
22April 25Fighters5–1 Kishi (1–2) Suzuki (0–1)—Rakuten Mobile Park21,8509–12–1 W1
23April 27@ Marines4–1 Uchi (1–1) Sawamura (0–1) Norimoto (4) Zozo Marine Stadium 24,47810–12–1 W2
24April 28@ Marines1–10 Ojima (2–3) Takinaka (0–1)—Zozo Marine Stadium27,94510–13–1 L1
25April 29@ Marines8–6 Shoji (1–1) Taneichi (1–3) Norimoto (5)Zozo Marine Stadium23,59911–13–1 W1
26April 30@ Hawks0–8 Arihara (3–2) Ponce (2–2)— Mizuho PayPay Dome 40,14211–14–1 L1
May: 10–13–0 (Home: 5–6–0; Away: 5–7–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
27May 1@ Hawks 4–3 S. Suzuki (1–0) Osuna (0–1) Norimoto (6) Mizuho PayPay Dome 40,14212–14–1 W1
28May 3 Marines 12–1 Hayakawa (2–3) Nishino (2–3)— Rakuten Mobile Park 23,57213–14–1 W2
29May 4Marines0–2 Iwashita (2–0) Uchi (1–2) Masuda (4)Rakuten Mobile Park24,01013–15–1 L1
30May 5Marines1–4 Ojima (3–3) Kishi (1–3)—Rakuten Mobile Park25,03913–16–1 L2
31May 6 Buffaloes 2–4 Sotani (2–1) Shoji (1–2) Machado (2)Rakuten Mobile Park20,76913–17–1 L3
32May 8Buffaloes4–1 Fujii (2–1) Miyagi (2–4) Norimoto (7) Komachi Stadium 14,04714–17–1 W1
33May 10@ Lions 13–2 Hayakawa (3–3) Aoyama (0–1)— Belluna Dome 14,40915–17–1 W2
34May 11@ Lions1–2 Takeuchi (3–0) Uchi (1–3) Abreu (8)Belluna Dome19,48215–18–1 L1
35May 12@ Lions2–6 Imai (3–0) Kishi (1–4)—Belluna Dome19,18515–19–1 L2
36May 14Hawks4–1 Ponce (3–2) Arihara (3–3) Norimoto (8)Rakuten Mobile Park24,04316–19–1 W1
37May 15Hawks3–7 Hasegawa (3–2) Shoji (1–3)—Rakuten Mobile Park24,19316–20–1 L1
38May 17@ Buffaloes5–3 CH. Sung (1–0) Takashima (0–1) Norimoto (9) Kyocera Dome 31,93217–20–1 W1
39May 18@ Buffaloes3–8 Sotani (3–1) Uchi (1–4)—Kyocera Dome30,97717–21–1 L1
40May 19@ Buffaloes2–3 (10) Iguchi (1–0) T. Sakai (1–1)—Kyocera Dome31,66417–22–1 L2
41May 21@ Hawks0–21 Arihara (4–3) Ponce (3–3)—Mizuho PayPay Dome40,14217–23–1 L3
42May 22@ Hawks0–12 Wada (2–0) Shoji (1–4)—Kyocera Dome33,29317–24–1 L4
43May 24Fighters3–4 (10) S. Tanaka (2–0) CH. Sung (1–1) Sugiura (2)Rakuten Mobile Park24,78317–25–1 L5
44May 25Fighters0–5 T. Kato (3–4) Koja (0–1)—Rakuten Mobile Park25,03417–26–1 L6
45May 26Fighters3–2 Kishi (2–4) Yanagawa (0–1) Norimoto (10)Rakuten Mobile Park23,73518–26–1 W1
46May 28@ BayStars 1–6 (7) Kay (3–4) Ponce (3–4)— Yokohama Stadium 29,71018–27–1 L1
47May 29@ BayStars4–0 Uchi (2–4) Jackson (2–4)—Yokohama Stadium32,14119–27–1 W1
48May 30@ BayStars6–5 Fujii (3–1) K. Ishida (2–3) Norimoto (11)Yokohama Stadium31,20920–27–1 W2
49May 31 Swallows 5–3 S. Watanabe (2–0) Espada (0–2)— Azuma Baseball Stadium 12,22321–27–1 W3
June: 12–9–1 (Home: 8–5–0; Away: 4–4–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
50June 1 Swallows 8–2 Matsui (1–0) Yajure (4–5)— Rakuten Mobile Park 25,33722–27–1 W4
51June 2Swallows0–4 (5) Ishikawa (1–1) Kishi (2–5)—Rakuten Mobile Park25,30322–28–1 L1
52June 4@ Tigers 3–1 (10) S. Suzuki (2–0) Guerra (0–3) Norimoto (12) Koshien Stadium 42,62223–28–1 W1
53June 5Tigers3–2 S. Watanabe (3–0) Iwazaki (2–3) Norimoto (13)Koshien Stadium42,61524–28–1 W2
54June 6Tigers4–1 Fujii (4–1) Nishi (2–3) S. Suzuki (1)Koshien Stadium42,62525–28–1 W3
55June 7@ Dragons 2–0 Hayakawa (4–3) Wakui (2–4) Norimoto (14) Vantelin Dome 30,25426–28–1 W4
56June 8@ Dragons7–2 Koja (1–1) Mejía (3–3)—Vantelin Dome36,29627–28–1 W5
57June 9@ Dragons1–3 Matsuba (3–3) Kishi (2–6) Martínez (19)Vantelin Dome36,29427–29–1 L1
58June 11 Giants 7–6 Tsurusaki (1–0) Baldonado (1–3)—Rakuten Mobile Park22,84428–29–1 W1
59June 12Giants5–4 Uchi (3–4) Hotta (3–3) Norimoto (15)Rakuten Mobile Park23,62329–29–1 W2
60June 13Giants3–0 Fujii (5–1) Inoue (2–4) Norimoto (16)Rakuten Mobile Park23,25130–29–1 W3
61June 14 Carp 0–1 (11) Moriura (1–0) CH. Sung (1–2) Hearn (1)Rakuten Mobile Park25,20230–30–1 L1
62June 15Carp3–4 Tamamura (1–2) Koja (1–2) Kuribayashi (19)Rakuten Mobile Park26,15330–31–1 L2
63June 16Carp5–3 Yuge (1–0) Aduwa (5–2)—Rakuten Mobile Park25,76131–31–1 W1
64June 21@ Fighters 9−9Game tied after 12 innings Es Con Field 22,59231–31–2 T1
65June 22@ Fighters2–5 Itoh (6–1) Ponce (3–5) S. Tanaka (11)Es Con Field30,64831–32–2 L1
66June 23@ Fighters6–2 Fujii (6–1) T. Kato (3–5) Norimoto (17)Es Con Field27,70432–32–2 W1
67June 25@ Marines 2–10 Nishino (5–5) Uchi (3–5)— Zozo Marine Stadium 22,37732–33–2 L1
68June 26@ Marines1–4 Nakamori (1–0) Kishi (2–7) Masuda (10)Zozo Marine Stadium22,68132–34–2 L2
69June 28 Lions 0–4 Imai (4–4) Koja (1–3)— Kirayaka Stadium 10,01332–35–2 L3
70June 29Lions2–4 Sumida (6–5) Takinaka (0–2) Abreu (14)Rakuten Mobile Park25,52732–36–2 L4
71June 30Lions2–1 S. Watanabe (4–0) Honda (0–3) Norimoto (18)Rakuten Mobile Park24,06433–36–2 W1
July: 12–8–0 (Home: 5–4–0; Away: 7–4–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
72July 2 Buffaloes 1–4 Sotani (5–3) Uchi (3–6) Machado (12) Haruka Yume Ballpark 11,52533–37–2 L1
—July 3BuffaloesPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 6 Kitagin Ballpark ——— [4]
73July 5@ Hawks 5–1 Hayakawa (5–3) Wada (2–2)— Mizuho PayPay Dome 39,19734–37–2 W1
74July 6@ Hawks4–0 Koja (2–3) Ohtsu (6–4)—Mizuho PayPay Dome38,97435–37–2 W2
75July 7@ Hawks3–5 Hernández (3–0) T. Sakai (1–2) Y. Matsumoto (2)Mizuho PayPay Dome39,02135–38–2 L1
76July 9@ Marines 4–2 Uchi (4–6) Mercedes (2–4)— Zozo Marine Stadium 19,83236–38–2 W1
77July 10@ Marines5–18 A. Ishikawa (2–0) Matsui (1–1) Hirohata (1)Zozo Marine Stadium21,51136–39–2 L1
78July 12 Lions 3–2 Hayakawa (6–3) Takeuchi (5–1) Norimoto (19) Rakuten Mobile Park 24,50237–39–2 W1
79July 13Lions5–0 Kishi (3–7) Imai (4–6)—Rakuten Mobile Park25,64038–39–2 W2
80July 14Lions4–2 T. Sakai (2–2) Sumida (6–7) Norimoto (20)Rakuten Mobile Park25,04639–39–2 W3
81July 15@ Fighters 16–3 Takinaka (1–2) Fukushima (1–2)— Es Con Field 30,16340–39–2 W4
82July 16@ Fighters4–5 (10) Ikeda (1–0) Norimoto (1–1)—Es Con Field24,06140–40–2 L1
83July 17@ Fighters2–6 Kanemura (4–4) Koja (2–4) S. Tanaka (14)Es Con Field24,33740–41–2 L2
84July 19@ Buffaloes3–2 Hayakawa (7–3) Sotani (5–5) Norimoto (21) Hotto Motto Field 24,75241–41–2 W1
85July 20@ Buffaloes3–2 (12) Norimoto (2–1) Yamashita (0–4) Turley (1)Hotto Motto Field29,26442–41–2 W2
86July 21@ Buffaloes12–5 Fujii (7–1) Satoh (1–1)—Hotto Motto Field34,56543–41–2 W3
All-Star Break : CL and PL split series, 1–1 [7]
87July 26Marines1–6 Nishino (8–5) Uchi (4–7)—Rakuten Mobile Park23,63343–42–2 L1
88July 27Marines3–5 Karakawa (1–0) Ponce (3–6) Masuda (16)Rakuten Mobile Park25,43743–43–2 L2
89July 28Marines8–7 Norimoto (3–1) Masuda (1–3)—Rakuten Mobile Park25,02644–43–2 W1
90July 30Hawks1–10 Moinelo (7–3) Hayakawa (7–4)—Rakuten Mobile Park23,71044–44–2 L1
91July 31Hawks3–2 Koja (3–4) Ohtsu (6–5) Norimoto (22)Rakuten Mobile Park22,07645–44–2 W1
August: 11–12–1 (Home: 3–7–0; Away: 8–5–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
92August 1 Hawks 0–7 Sawayanagi (1–1) Fujii (7–2)— Tokyo Dome 40,64845–45–2 L1
93August 2@ Lions 3–2 Uchi (5–7) Imai (4–7) Norimoto (23) Belluna Dome 18,76846–45–2 W1
94August 3@ Lions0–7 Takeuchi (7–2) Takinaka (1–3)—Belluna Dome22,04546–46–2 L1
95August 4@ Lions10–5 S. Watanabe (5–0) Mizukami (1–1)—Belluna Dome22,92747–46–2 W1
96August 6 Fighters 1–5 (10) Kanemura (5–4) Norimoto (3–2)— Rakuten Mobile Park 22,05247–47–2 L1
97August 7Fighters0–2 Nabatame (1–1) Kishi (3–8) Yanagawa (1)Rakuten Mobile Park20,80847–48–2 L2
98August 8Fighters4–5 T. Kato (5–7) Fujii (7–3) Yanagawa (2)Rakuten Mobile Park22,63947–49–2 L3
99August 10@ Hawks13–6 Koja (4–4) Arihara (10–5)— Mizuho PayPay Dome 38,95548–49–2 W1
100August 11@ Hawks2–5 Stewart, Jr. (7–2) Takinaka (1–4) Y. Matsumoto (10)Mizuho PayPay Dome40,14248–50–2 L1
101August 12@ Hawks4–14 Ohzeki (7–2) Tsurusaki (1–1)—Mizuho PayPay Dome39,73248–51–2 L2
102August 13@ Buffaloes 3–0 Hayakawa (8–4) Sotani (5–8)— Kyocera Dome 31,85549–51–2 W1
103August 14@ Buffaloes6–1 Uchi (6–7) Espinoza (7–6)—Kyocera Dome32,33550–51–2 W2
104August 15@ Buffaloes2–3 Machado (3–2) S. Watanabe (5–1)—Kyocera Dome28,15050–52–2 L1
—August 16LionsPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 4Rakuten Mobile Park——— [8]
105August 17Lions4–11 Imai (5–8) Koja (4–5)—Rakuten Mobile Park23,01950–53–2 L2
106August 18Lions6–1 Takinaka (2–4) Takeuchi (7–4)—Rakuten Mobile Park23,23951–53–2 W1
107August 20Hawks3–0 Hayakawa (9–4) Moinelo (9–4) Norimoto (24)Rakuten Mobile Park25,87252–53–2 W2
108August 21Hawks2–1 Yuge (2–0) Y. Matsumoto (2–2)—Rakuten Mobile Park24,36453–53–2 W3
109August 23@ Lions2–1 Fujii (8–3) Matsumoto (1–7) Norimoto (25)Belluna Dome21,53354–53–2 W4
110August 24@ Lions2–3 Imai (6–8) Kishi (3–9) Abreu (21)Belluna Dome22,84254–54–2 L1
111August 25@ Lions2–0 Koja (5–5) Takeuchi (7–5) Norimoto (26)Belluna Dome25,98655–54–2 W1
112August 27@ Fighters3−3Game tied after 12 innings Es Con Field 26,38355–54–3 T1
113August 28@ Fighters9–5 S. Watanabe (6–1) Yamasaki (9–4)—Es Con Field27,32156–54–3 W1
114August 30Buffaloes0–2 Sotani (6–9) Fujii (8–4) Machado (22)Rakuten Mobile Park22,65456–55–3 L1
115August 31Buffaloes0–6 Miyagi (5–8) Kishi (3–10)—Rakuten Mobile Park25,37256–56–3 L2
September/October: 11–16–1 (Home: 6–9–1; Away: 5–7–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
116September 1 Buffaloes 2–6 Suzuki (1–0) S. Watanabe (6–2)— Rakuten Mobile Park 25,06556–57–3 L3
117September 2Buffaloes5–2 Takinaka (3–4) Takashima (1–2) Norimoto (27)Rakuten Mobile Park21,26857–57–3 W1
118September 5@ Marines 1–3 Keuchel (1–1) Fujii (8–5) Masuda (21) Zozo Marine Stadium 25,03057–58–3 L1
119September 6@ Marines2–1 Hayakawa (10–4) Nishino (8–8) Norimoto (28)Zozo Marine Stadium28,70458–58–3 W1
120September 7@ Marines4–1 Kishi (4–10) Ojima (9–10) Norimoto (29)Zozo Marine Stadium28,48059–58–3 W2
121September 8@ Marines5–9 Sasaki (8–4) Uchi (6–8)—Zozo Marine Stadium25,65059–59–3 L1
122September 10 Hawks 1–4 Ishikawa (5–2) Koja (5–6) Hernández (2)Rakuten Mobile Park20,99759–60–3 L2
123September 11Hawks2–9 Ohzeki (8–3) Takinaka (3–5)—Rakuten Mobile Park21,33159–61–3 L3
124September 12@ Lions 7–3 Fujii (9–5) Sugiyama (0–1)— Belluna Dome 14,65760–61–3 W1
125September 14 Fighters 7–5 Hayakawa (11–4) T. Kato (9–8) Norimoto (30)Rakuten Mobile Park24,76761–61–3 W2
—September 15FightersPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 7Rakuten Mobile Park——— [9]
126September 16Fighters6–5 Kishi (5–10) Ikeda (2–1) Norimoto (31)Rakuten Mobile Park23,87562–61–3 W3
127September 17Marines5–4 (10) S. Watanabe (7–2) Kuniyoshi (3–1)—Rakuten Mobile Park21,79363–61–3 W4
128September 18Marines8–1 Fujii (10–5) Keuchel (2–2)—Rakuten Mobile Park24,80964–61–3 W5
129September 20@ Fighters3–7 VerHagen (2–1) Hayakawa (11–5)— Es Con Field 30,88164–62–3 L1
130September 21@ Hawks2–3 S. Ogata (2–0) Norimoto (3–3)— Mizuho PayPay Dome 40,14264–63–3 L2
131September 22@ Hawks5–11 Iwai (1–0) Takada (0–1)—Mizuho PayPay Dome40,14264–64–3 L3
132September 23@ Marines6–0 Kishi (6–10) Karakawa (3–1)—Zozo Marine Stadium24,76565–64–3 W1
133September 25@ Fighters3–1 Fujii (11–5) Kanemura (6–6) Norimoto (32)Es Con Field30,71066–64–3 W2
134September 26@ Fighters1–2 Itoh (14–4) Koja (5–7)—Es Con Field30,24166–65–3 L1
135September 28Buffaloes2–5 Takashima (2–2) M. Tanaka (0–1) Perdomo (4)Rakuten Mobile Park25,95366–66–3 L2
136September 29Buffaloes1–8 Miyagi (6–9) Takinaka (3–6)—Rakuten Mobile Park24,79966–67–3 L3
137September 30Marines1–2 Kikuchi (1–0) Norimoto (3–4) Masuda (25)Rakuten Mobile Park24,04066–68–3 L4
138October 1Marines1–5 Sasaki (10–5) Kishi (6–11)—Rakuten Mobile Park24,62166–69–3 L5
139October 3@ Hawks2–4 Arihara (14–7) Koja (5–8) Osuna (24)Mizuho PayPay Dome36,77766–70–3 L6
—October 4LionsPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 9Rakuten Mobile Park——— [8]
140October 5Fighters2–3 Kanemura (7–6) Fujihira (0–1) Y. Saitoh (1)Rakuten Mobile Park25,07266–71–3 L7
141October 6Buffaloes1–8 (7) Miyagi (7–9) Hayakawa (11–6)—Rakuten Mobile Park22,34666–72–3 L8
—October 7FightersPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 8Rakuten Mobile Park——— [9]
142October 8Fighters2–0 Takinaka (4–6) Itoh (14–5) Fujihira (1)Rakuten Mobile Park11,54367–72–3 W1
143October 9Lions2−2Game tied after 12 inningsRakuten Mobile Park24,53967–72–4 T1
  Win  |     Loss  |     Tie  |     Postponement  |      = Interleague play
Bold = Eagles team member

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Player statistics

Batting

2024 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles batting statistics [10]
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB K AVG OBP SLG TB
Toshiki Abe 78229195213293202054.227.292.41996
Hideto Asamura 143471511191901460168101.253.346.382180
Maikel Franco 682292050508300949.218.251.34579
Masaru Fujii 224010001001.250.250.2501
Takahisa Hayakawa 253010000002.333.333.3331
Kengo Horiuchi 46000000001.000.000.0000
Daiki Irie 512250000013.417.462.4175
Tsuyoshi Ishihara 681469255041301350.171.239.28842
Yukiya Itoh 441151030612100534.261.298.38344
Takayuki Kishi 221000000010.000.500.0000
Hiroto Kobukata 1344505010394323294284.229.296.287129
Tatsuki Koja 151100000001.000.000.0000
Fumiya Kurokawa 225681310180412.232.283.30417
Eigoro Mogi 466861841180513.265.311.39727
Itsuki Murabayashi 1395185112513365052191.241.270.313162
Atsuki Mutoh 75010000002.200.200.2001
Daisuke Nakashima 371231828811101221.228.258.33341
Yuya Ogo 143565641452467493268120.257.337.358202
Hikaru Ohta 94230234510322321358.196.244.29167
Takero Okajima 3180616111601115.200.304.27522
Cody Ponce 152000000002.000.000.0000
Hiroaki Shimauchi 401318283101201616.214.307.25233
Daichi Suzuki 1234064110811544102343.266.324.347141
Ryuya Taira 1821430003023.143.217.1433
Kazuki Tanaka 6831841001009.129.129.1615
Takaya Tanaka 1710010000024.100.250.1001
Konosuke Tatsumi 23100000002.000.000.0000
Ryosuke Tatsumi 1435376815822127582044108.294.353.419225
Seiryu Uchi 204000000003.000.000.0000
Yoshiaki Watanabe 471369342001101126.250.302.26536
Haruka Yamada 25252420010210.160.222.2406
Tsuyoshi Yamasaki 56100000001.000.000.0000
Yuma Yasuda 34122123260290638.262.297.36144
Total：33 players1434,7464921,149165407245990389977.242.303.3391,610
Bold/italics denotes best in the league [11]

Pitching

2024 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles pitching statistics [10]
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K
Shoma Fujihira 011.75470146.1291191258
Masaru Fujii 1152.932222012613845412974
Takahisa Hayakawa 1162.5425250170.1156544835160
Naoki Hinata 000.00100110011
Mao Itoh 007.946005.275546
Takayuki Kishi 6112.8322220143.114452452973
Tatsuki Koja 584.321515083.17042403158
Ryuji Komago 000.00200110000
Takuma Matsuda 003.6071015146698
Tomotaka Matsui 116.7573022.23018171410
Satoshi Miyamori 001.00900951125
Masaya Nishigaki 127.501801182818151213
Takahiro Norimoto 343.4654032525721201144
Cody Ponce 366.7215120679255501656
Haruto Sakai 000.00100110020
Tomohito Sakai 222.33490046.13513121529
Shuto Sakurai 008.4480010.211101089
Kotaro Seimiya 0012.00300344431
Kosei Shoji 146.9877029.23226231826
Sung Chia-hao 123.18410039.2411514722
Sora Suzuki 201.66490148.224992148
Koichi Takada 016.9751010.1138834
Ryota Takinaka 464.161212071.17436331426
Masahiro Tanaka 017.20110564421
Taisei Tsurusaki 116.85142023.2361918514
Nik Turley 012.93170115.115551213
Seiryu Uchi 683.5820200110.211349442845
Shota Watanabe 723.04490047.14219162241
Kazuki Yoshikawa 005.40130020321212817
Hayato Yuge 205.94340033.1422222928
Total: 30 players67723.73143143361,276.21,293579529382890
Bold/italics denotes best in the league [12]

Awards and honors

Best Nine Award [13]

Mitsui Golden Glove Award [14]

All-Star Series selections [15]

All-Star Game Fighting Spirit Award [16]

SKY PerfecTV! Sayonara Award [17]

Farm team

2024 Eastern League regular season standings [18]
PosTeam G Tooltip Games playedWL T Pct. GB Tooltip Games behindHomeRoad
1Yokohama DeNA BayStars†12669489.590—42–18–427–30–5
2Yomiuri Giants13069529.570241–16–628–36–3
3Saitama Seibu Lions12665538.5514½34–21–331–32–5
4Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters12162545.5346½36–23–126–31–4
5Tokyo Yakult Swallows12559597.50010½35–25–424–34–3
6Chiba Lotte Marines12256633.4711432–31–224–32–1
7Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles124516112.45515½30–22–721–39–5
8Oisix Niigata Albirex12641796.34229½33–28–38–51–3
 †  League champion

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